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A thick shell Casimir effect

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v1 Statistical Mechanics Quantum Physics

Abstract

We consider the Casimir energy of a thick dielectric-diamagnetic shell under a uniform velocity light condition, as a function of the radii and the permeabilities. We show that there is a range of parameters in which the stress on the outer shell is inward, and a range where the stress on the outer shell is outward. We examine the possibility of obtaining an energetically stable configuration of a thick shell made of a material with a fixed volume.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0108053,
  title  = {A thick shell Casimir effect},
  author = {I. Klich and A. Mann and M. Revzen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0108053},
  year   = {2009}
}